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Dedekind--Kummer prime factorisation

Statement

Let L/K be a finite extension of number fields, let α∈OL with OL=OK[α], and let F∈OK[X] be its monic minimal polynomial over K. Let p be a nonzero prime ideal of OK, not dividing the index of this power order (the index is 1 under the stated monogeneity hypothesis). If Fˉ=∏igˉiei with distinct monic irreducibles over OK/p, then pOL=∏iPiei,Pi=(p,gi(α)),f(Pi/p)=deg⁡gˉi, Here gi∈OK[X] are any monic lifts of gˉi, and the last f denotes the residue degree from Primes above and residue degree.

Proof

Given: monogeneity, the index hypothesis, and the displayed factorisation.

1.1givenalgebra

Put A=OK, B=OL and k=A/p. Monic division by F shows that the kernel of A[X]→B, X↦α, is (F): a remainder of degree less than deg⁡F vanishing at α is zero by minimality over K. Monogeneity gives surjectivity, hence B/pB≃k[X]/(Fˉ).

2.1step 1.1algebra

The maximal ideals of this quotient are exactly those generated by the gˉi; their inverse images in B are Pi=(p,gi(α)). They are independent of the chosen lifts. Their residue fields are k[X]/(gˉi), of degree deg⁡gˉi, and their contractions are p. Thus they are exactly the primes above p.

3.1step 1.1step 2.1algebra∎

The local factorisation theorem Integral ideal factorisation in a number field, in ZF writes pB=∏iPiai. In the DVR BPi used in that theorem's proof, the maximal ideal of BPi/pBPi has nilpotency index exactly ai. On the polynomial side of step 1.1, localisation at (gˉi) gives k[X](gˉi)/(gˉiei), whose maximal ideal has nilpotency index exactly ei: its ei-th power vanishes and its (ei−1)-st power does not. Thus ai=ei, proving the ideal factorisation and the stated ramification and residue degrees.

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